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Debut playwright Geve Penn's two-act kitchen sink drama FINN'S will receive a one-day-only staged reading at Purgatory in Brooklyn, exploring work-life balance, masculinity, and race through the lens of a single bar shift.

The Episodic Theatre Project will present WHODUNNIT: THE LONG WAY HOME, a five-episode serialized murder mystery at the 30th Street Theatre, with each episode written and directed by a different creative team.

Brewster Performing Arts Center will present a Memorial Day band concert honoring America 250.

Gloriae Dei Cantores and Creare Symphonia, led by Richard K.

Theatre Charlotte will present THE COLOR PURPLE, based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, featuring a cast of 23 local artists directed by Tony Award recipient Corey Mitchell.

Fort Wayne Civic Theatre named Chelsea Anderson as its new Executive/Artistic Director.

Voyage Theater Company will present the World Premiere of LATE BLOOMING, written and directed by Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li at The Wild Project as part of The Fresh Fruit Festival.

Fairfield Center Stage will present THE WEDDING SINGER at Wakeman Hall in Fairfield, CT, featuring a cast of 42 local performers and a live five-piece onstage band.

Yours Truly, Ariana Grande lit up The Green Room 42 on April 20 with a vibrant night spanning Ariana's 7 studio albums highlighting the greatest hits from her discography.

HELL’S KITCHEN leaves you with the sensation that at the very least Alicia Keys has done something instinctively theatrical: she’s turned the noise of her youth into music, and the city that raised her into a stage big enough to contain it.

Maggie O’Farrell’s fictionalized account of Agnes Hathaway was a solid hit when released in 2020, winning literary awards for its unique perspective on the little-known woman maligned by scholars.

A powerful visual journey from constraint to liberation, as tightly controlled movement in stark white builds into frenetic intensity.

xHBO has shared the trailer for the original documentary The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas, featuring Sandra Oh, Bowen Yang, and Kumail Nanjiani, among others.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announced the full cast and creative team for CrazySexyCool – The TLC Musical.

Lincoln Center Theater’s Broadway revival of  Ragtime, directed by Kewsong Lee Artistic Director Lear deBessonet, announced today that it will launch a North American Tour in the fall of 2027.

Prime Video has revealed the premiere date and shared a first look at the new drama series, Sterling Point from Megan Park, writer and director of the 2024 film My Old Ass.

The Dramatists Guild of America celebrated its 2026 Awards on Monday, April 27, 2026, in New York City, honoring a remarkable group of playwrights, composers, lyricists, librettists, theater artists, and advocates whose work continues to shape the American theatre.

Bad Thoughts, the comedy series from Tom Segura, will return with its second six-episode season on May 24.

Vineyard Theatre will soon present the world premiere of ||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :|| written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Eisa Davis and directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon.

It’s been 30 years since Jonathan Larson’s rock opera Rent opened at the Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996, and arguably changed the theatrical landscape of Broadway.

The LA Phil has added a new event to its 2026 Hollywood Bowl Season: Lauren Halsey’s emajendat with Erykah Badu on September 29.

Somebody sure is on Lea Michele's side this season.

Elham, playwright Sanaz Toossi’s brilliant character played by an equally brilliant Vanah Assadourian, frustratedly exclaims in a tongue unfamiliar to her mouth, “I want everyone to know I am not an idiot and also I am nice.

A new sneak peek has been released for The Sheep Detectives, the comedic mystery film starring Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman as a shepherd named George.

The third and final season of the STARZ series Power Book IV: Force will be available to purchase on demand and digitally on May 18, 2026.